UFOMYST
CaseOther1977

Fairfield, CT, USA

In my youth, my friend and I witnessed an inverted, glowing teacup hovering over Fairfield University campus.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (109 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-08-01
Where
Fairfield, CT, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
30 seconds
Geo
41.141, -73.264 · exact
Slug
other-over-fairfield-ct-1977-10b0bf
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 17 reports logged in Fairfield, CT.
  • This case is one of 7 Connecticut reports filed in 1977.
  • Other craft made up 6.5% of 1970s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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